"its so good to have you back" abi smiled to her sister as they sat down to eat dinner

"yeah its good to be home abs" lauren smiled back

"I saw joey earlier, he didn't know you was coming home" abi told her sister

"that's because I haven't spoke to him" lauren replied

"its his birthday today" abi told lauren

"oh, I forgot" lauren sighed, she couldn't believe he had forgotten his birthday,

"maybe you could go and see him" abi smiled

"I don't think that's a good idea abi" lauren replied.

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"come on joey lets go for a drink, just one, just to celebrate" alice pleaded to her brother

"al, im not in the mood" joey sighed sitting at the office desk

"its just one drink joey, please for me" alice smiled sweetly at her brother

"ok one, just for you, im not in the mood to speak to anyone else" joey sighed.

A while later joey finished work, he went home and changed before heading out of the door and heading towards to vic to meet alice. He walked in and saw her at a table with fatboy and poppy, she called him over as he got himself a beer, he joined his sister and friends as they wished him a happy birthday. Joey thanked them as they continued their conversation.

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"come on darling lets go for a drink, you coming abs?" Tanya asked her daughters

"yeah why not" abi smiled to her mum

"ok just one, im being good with drink now" lauren said.

The three of them headed out of the house and walked across the square to no.5, they made their way into the pub, lauren hiding behind her mum and sister, she told her mum what she wanted to drink and they made their way to a table, as lauren was about to sit down she looked around the pub and her eyes locked with joeys, she felt her heart flutter as she thought about how good he looked, she had to break to contact or she didn't know what would happen, she looked away and sat down with her mum and sister. She couldn't help but keep looking up at joey but everytime she did she saw him looking at her, she had to keep looking away.

"lauren your round" abi laughed, lauren noticed her sister was slightly drunk, Tanya had gone to toilet so lauren got up from her seat and headed to the bar.

She had ordered her drinks and was waiting for them when she felt someone stand next to her, she looked up and looked straight into joeys eyes, she let out a breath she didn't realise she was holding

"happy birthday" she whispered still looking into his eyes

"thank you" he replied smiling

"do you want a drink?" lauren asked him

"no thanks, id rather talk to you" joey smiled at her,

"im here with my mum and sister" lauren told him

"so when can we talk? I think we need to sort things out" joey replied

"maybe tomorrow, im only here for the weekend" lauren said before taking her drinks and walking away.

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Joey smiled to himself as he sat back down at the table, he knew he was under laurens skin, it only took him talking to her to break her walls down, and he knew she knew that.

"I thought you only wanted one drink" alice said breaking joey from his thoughts

"well maybe another wont hurt, ive got quite a nice view from where im sitting" joey laughed when he saw alice move her head in the direction of lauren

"joey don't do nothing stupid, shes here to see her family" alice told him

"we'll see if that's all she's here for" joey smiled to alice, he winked at lauren as he noticed her looking at him for the thousandth time that night.

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Lauren laid in her old bed thinking about memories of her and joey being in this room, the sneaking around, the thrill of no one knowing about them and when their family finally knew about them. Lauren sighed as she knew she would rather be laying next to joey, she knew she had been lying to herself these last 2 months, pretending she was over joey and that he didn't matter anymore, but it only took for him to stand next to her to make her crumble and want him again.


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